Combined pot-lifter and stove-shelf



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J. A. WILSON. COMBINED POT LIFTER AND STOVE SHELF.

No. 440,453. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH A. \VILSON, OF CI'IURCHVILLE, VIRGINIA.

COMBINED POT-LIFTER AND STOVE-SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 440,453, dated November 11, 1890.

Application filed May 31, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH A. WILsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohurchville, in the county of Augusta and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful OombinedPot-Lifter and Stove-Shelf, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an attachment for cooking-stoves, and has for its object to provide a light and strong frame adjustable to different-sized stoves, that can be used as a shelf for cooking utensils, that may be desired to be placed in a moderate heat or out of the way, and that is provided with a lever or handle which is designed to lift pots and kettles from their positions on the stove and to shift from one hole to the other, as maybe desired, in order to get the benefit of the additional heat of one portion of the fire over that of another, or vice versa.

This invention consists of certain novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the top of a cookingstove provided with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the pot-lifting hook in engagement with the bail of the pot.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

A represents the top of an ordinary cooking-stove provided with the usual openings B for pots, kettles, and other cooking utensils.

0 represents an upright rod threaded over half its entire length to its upper extremity and upon which works an adjusting-nut D, said rod being centrally located between the lids of the stove and rigidly bolted to the latter. To the rear of the stove, on either side of the stove-pipe, as shown, if convenient, but always in a diagonal line from the rod 0, are similarly secured two upright rods E, which complete a triangular arrangement of upright rods, of which rod 0 is the apex. The lower ends of the rods 0 and E are provided with a threaded portion e extending beneath the shoulder e, and a nut c is adapted to work on threads e and secure said rods to the stovetop, as described. Rods O and E are firmly braced and joined together by metallic strips Serial No. 353,770. (No model.)

F, which are riveted or bolted on rods E and extend therefrom to the apex-rod C, and are secured thereon by a clamping-nut, binding them on said rod. At the ends, where they are connected to apex-rod 0. strips F are provided with longitudinal slots F, that permit of a ready adjustment to stoves of different sizes, and at the opposite end of said strip integrally formed therewith and ina plane at right angles thereto are hooks F G represents a lever-arm provided at one end with a wooden handle I-I, screwed thereon and connected by a pivot or pin toa sleeve L, which is mounted on apex-rod C, and works thereon, being regulated in height by the adj usting-nut D, working on the threaded portion of said rod. Arm G is provided with a foot G, that extends below the jaws of the clamping-sleeve L, and in case the arm G should drop by accident it would be prevented from striking the top of the stove by said foot falling back into the slot of the clampingsleeve against the adj Listing-nut D, which would support and bear up the arm G and prevent it from deeending but a slight distance. Lever-arm G is still further provided with a series of perforations J, adapted to receive a swiveled hook K, that is connected with said. lever-arm by a pin K, passing through its supporting-piece I and one of said perforations. The series of perforations in the arm G allow for different adjustments of the swivel-hook attachment as may be necessary, according to the size of stove on which my invention is placed.

Arm G is designed to swing around apexrod on either side of the triangle, and when not in use is adapted to be placed in either one of the hooks F where it is out of the way and easily reached to shift or lift the pot or kettle when desired.

To complete my invention, wires M are looped over strips F at 'm, providing a pivotal connection, and thereby filling up the interval between said strips and provide a convenient shelf, for the purposes set forth.

Having described my invention, what I claim,and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. An attachment for stoves, the same com prising three upright rods bolted to the top of a stove, bracing-strips connecting the rods in a triangular series, and wires connecting the bracing-strips forming a stove-shelf for cooking utensils, substantially as described.

2. An attachment for stoves, the same comprising three upright rods bolted to the top of a stove and bracing-strips connecting the rods in a triangular series, said strips being provided with longitudinal slots for adjustment on the apex-rod, and wires pivotally connecting the bracing-strips, substantially as described.

3. An attachmentfor stoves, consisting of three upright rods arranged in a triangular series and connected by bracing strips, a swinging arm pivotally mounted 011 the apexrod, and a swivel-hook attached to said swinging arm and adapted to engage the bails of pots or kettles, substantially as described.

4. An attachment for stoves, the same comprising a triangularly-arranged series of upright rods, bracing-strips connecting the rods and provided at one end with hooks, a swinging arm pivotally mounted on one of said rods andvertically adjustable thereon and adapted to be swung around on either side of the apex and enter into engagement with either of the hooks on the bracing-strips, and a swivel-hook attached to said swinging arm, substantially as described.

5. An attachment for stoves, consisting of a triangularly-arranged series of upright rods, one of which is threaded, bracing-strips connecting the rods and provided at one end with longitudinal slots and at the other with hooks, a swinging arm pivoted to a sleeve mounted on the threaded apex-rod and vertically adjustable thereon, said arm being provided at its pivoted end With adownwardly-extending check-shoe adapted to enter between the jaws of said sleeve and against the adjusting-nut D, and a swivel-hook attached to said swinging arm, substantially as described.

6. An attachment for stoves, consisting of three upright rods arranged in a triangular series and connected by bracing-strips and provided with hooks, a swinging arm pivotally mounted on the apex-rod and vertically adjustable thereon and adapted to engage the hooks, and a swivel-hook attached to said swinging arm and adapted to engage the bails of pots or kettles, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH A. \VILSON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN W. EURITT, J OHN B. QUIDOR. 

